Table 1 Characteristics of the patients with Kawasaki disease (KD) and healthy children (control group)
Characteristic | Kawasaki disease | Control | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acute stage | P | Afebrile stage | P | Subacute stage | P | ||
Boys/girls, number | 22/18 | NS | 11/4 | ||||
Age, months (range) | 23.2 (5.1-72.0) | NS | 63.7 (2.6-109.0) | ||||
Days of fever (range) | 6.3 (3.0-15.0) | -- | -- | ||||
Resistin, 102 ng/ml | 0.38 (0.25) | 0.001 | 0.24 (0.22) ** | 0.360 | 0.14 (0.09) **▲ | 0.405 | 0.19 (0.16) |
S100A12, 102 ng/ml | 5.33 (3.23) | 0.001 | 4.07 (3.52) * | 0.031 | 2.62 (2.64) **▲ | 0.542 | 2.05 (1.81) |
sRAGE, 102 pg/ml | 3. 00 (1.91) | 0.000 | 5.75 (2.83) ** | 0.001 | 6.83 (3.07) ** | 0.018 | 9.04 (5.28) |
Resistin × S100A12, 104 | 2.61 (2.58) | 0.000 | 1.20 (1.19) ** | 0.122 | 0.24 (0.23) **▲ | 0.877 | 0.32 (0.26) |
Resistin/sRAGE, 102 | 2.13 (1.89) | 0.000 | 0.39 (0.28) ** | 0.708 | 0.21 (0.14) ** | 0.884 | 0.26 (0.21) |
S100A12/sRAGE, 103 | 2.61 (2.02) | 0.000 | 0.84 (0.69) ** | 0.107 | 0.30 (0.25) ** | 0.835 | 0.23 (0.19) |
WBCs, 104/ul | 1.39 (0.49) | -- | 1.01 (0.51) ** | -- | 1.01 (0.51) ** | -- | -- |
Neutrophils, % | 55.6 (18.8) | -- | 33.2 (17.2) ** | -- | 33.4 (17.6) ** | -- | -- |
Lymphocytes, % | 32.5 (15.1) | -- | 50.9 (16.6) ** | -- | 54.3 (16.7) ** | -- | -- |
Monocytes, % | 7.81 (3.98) | -- | 11.6 (16.6) | -- | 8.77 (2.94) | -- | -- |
Platelets, 105/ul | 4.23 (1.44) | -- | 5.68 (2.09) ** | -- | 6.79 (1.87) **▲▲ | -- | -- |
CRP, mg/l | 75.1 (49.1) | -- | 25.0 (33.8) ** | -- | 3.25 (4.12) **▲▲ | -- | -- |
ESR, mm/h | 67.7 (29.7) | -- | 78.8 (30.4) ** | -- | 59.2 (28.3) ▲▲ | -- | -- |